Principal Distributed Systems Engineer - Real-Time Search

PowerToFly; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Software Engineer II to join their Elasticsearch Distributed Systems team. The role includes enhancing core systems for concurrent indexing, maintaining high performance across clusters, and addressing complex systems challenges. Candidates should possess strong Java skills and a solid background in distributed systems. This position offers competitive pay, flexible work arrangements, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Competitive pay based on work

Health coverage for you and your family

Flexible locations and schedules

Generous vacation days

Parental leave of minimum 16 weeks

Qualifications

• Strong background in distributed systems and consensus algorithms.
• Experience maintaining high-performance systems.
• Ability to debug features running on multiple machines.

Responsibilities

• Improve Elasticsearch's concurrent indexing components.
• Maintain cluster coordination for performance.
• Address performance and concurrency issues.

Skills

distributed systems

core Java

algorithms

concurrency constructs

team leadership

Tools

Lucene

Netty

Job description

A technology company in the United Kingdom is seeking a Principal Software Engineer II to join their Elasticsearch Distributed Systems team. The role includes enhancing core systems for concurrent indexing, maintaining high performance across clusters, and addressing complex systems challenges. Candidates should possess strong Java skills and a solid background in distributed systems. This position offers competitive pay, flexible work arrangements, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.